On Apr 17, 8:49 pm, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Declan Murphy wrote:
> > On Apr 17, 3:42 pm, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> Declan Murphy wrote:
> >>> ... what is the equivalent term for the equivalent act if conducted on
> >>> a high speed train such as the shinkansen?
> >> "the way that granpa' used to do it ... only faster ... but maybe not
> >> premature"
>
> > I was going to make a quick quip about the rhythm method but decided
> > it was tasteless.
>
> >> When I was on a TDY assignment in Freiburg, I had a young lady friend
> >> from the Universitaet where I was studying who used to call it "rocking
> >> on the rails" ... or "fuckenfahren" depending upon her moods ... it was
> >> amazing the kinds of service you could get on DeutscheBahn in those days
>
> > Did DeutscheBahn provide little cabins? And high speed? One of the
> > problems of the shinkansen is the lack of privacy. Even, or perhaps
> > especially, in the green car.
>
> On longer trips, say Koln to Munchen, yes.  On shorter trips, First
> Class cars were mostly unoccupied on the midday trips.  You just needed
> an appreciation of the nooner as an art form and ability to use blankets
> creatively.
>
> As for the shinkansen, there is at least one 4 four-passenger cabin
> located in car 8 of the newest Series 700 Hikari Railstar versions
> (Shin-Osaka <-> Hakata)... according to:

I try to avoid travelling west of Osaka. Most of the time.

> http://www1.plala.or.jp/uu/shinkansen.htm#w

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